The court "cannot possibly grant a stay of proceedings," she said, noting there is "no evidence of anything other than what is presumed in extradition hearings."
Lawyers for the attorney general have told Associate
Meng was arrested while passing through
Her lawyers have argued in court that
She is accused of misrepresenting Huawei's relationship with technologies firm Skycom during a 2013 meeting with
Both Meng and Huawei deny the charges.
The argument is expected to be the final arguments from Meng's lawyers on alleged misconduct before the actual committal or extradition hearing that is scheduled for next week.
Thursday's arguments centred around a PowerPoint presentation Meng showed to
Meng's lawyers said
Rahman told the court that the word "controllable" was open to interpretation.
In written submissions to the court, the attorney general says any meaning from the ambiguous word "controllable" must be made in the context of the entire presentation and there is no basis to conclude that
"There is no evidentiary foundation for a finding of misconduct or other abusive circumstances in relation to the requesting state’s summary of the PowerPoint presentation," it says.
There is no evidence that the records of the case were "prepared in such a careless and cavalier manner" and the summary is "designed to meet a requesting state’s limited burden on committal," it says.
"A summary, by its nature, is a selection," says the document.
"The mere absence of certain evidence from the summary does not establish misconduct. Omission of irrelevant evidence cannot establish misconduct, much less justify a stay of proceedings."
In July, Holmes ruled against allowing documents obtained by Meng's legal team from
Documents presented to the court by Meng's lawyers and released to the media on Wednesday say
Rahman told the court
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